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Positive (1990)
Directed by Rosa von Praunheim
Overview
This film powerfully documents New York City’s gay community’s response to the AIDS crisis as they are forced to organize themselves after the government’s failure to stem the epidemic. Activists who are interviewed include playwrite Larry Kramer, People With AIDS Coalition co-founder Michael Callen (who died of AIDS in 1994), New York filmmaker and journalist Phil Zwickler, as well as representatives from ACT-UP, Queer Nation and the Gay Men’s Health Crisis.
Length 83 minutes
Actors
Phil Zwickler | Larry Kramer | Michael Callen | Peter Staley | Gary Eller | Diamanda Galás | Jay Corcoran | John Finch | Arnie Kantrowitz | Ed Koch | Mark Milano | Ronald Reagan | Rosa von Praunheim